#Software Testing Most Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Software Testing Most Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Considering the daily volume of questions I get, it s difficult to answer each and every question. But here is an attempt to answer some of the most frequently asked software testing questions with short and useful answers.

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Software Testing Interview Questions Testing Career and Technical Questions

Question:

Requirement 1: The system shall allow the user to order Accountable Items by individual quantity or by the number of bundles.

I wrote verify the user should able to order the items by combination of other items as well as individual numbers of 20 (As of now no designing documents are available so I can’t write the test steps, can I say this to my manager?)

Requirement 2: When the user orders by quantity or number of bundles, the system will automatically calculate and update the quantity of the field not entered.  For example, if ordering quantity of 18, but the bundle is 20, the system will automatically round the quantity up to 20.

I am not sure how to write test cases for this one. Can you please help?

No one will ask to write test cases without requirements unless:

There is prior version of the application already released and now team is developing next version based on that

You are the experienced tester on the project working since many iterations of the application

In these cases some requirements are assumed to be known by testers or team members and they are expected to write test accordingly.

In your first scenario if you are familiar with your application and know any such other version or requirement reference, you should use that for writing test cases/steps for current version.

Also you have mentioned some requirements so you can write test cases and get those reviewed by any senior team member prior to showing to your manager. I assume you don t have mockups/wireframes for writing test steps. So it is okay to write scenarios only and you can update the exact steps at later time when those are available.

In your first scenario there could be following tests: (note these are just on my assumptions as I don t have idea of your application and its business rules)

system should allow user to buy one item

system should allow user to buy multiple items

system should allow user to buy single bundle item

system should allow user to buy multiple bundle items

system should allow user to buy individual items as well as bundles in combinations

system should apply business logic as specified in your requirement if individual item quantity selected by user is nearer to bundle quantity

system should allow to buy multiple bundles of same type

system should allow to buy multiple bundles of different types

rounding to nearest bundle values can be calculates solely on business rules on how to round and how many items are included in the bundle. Based on this info you can create multiple tests of rounding to nearest bundle value.

Also make sure to write test cases/scenarios using each and every field used on the page for calculation of the total items and amount. Calculating amount can be even complicated based on the logic applied for item count.

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I have done MCA, and after a long gap I want to restart my career. Will software testing course help me? I don t have any experience, so please suggest me, what is beneficial for me, and a good institute from which I can do the course (automation or manual testing).

You need to prepare for software testing concepts. Also you need valid reason for career gap. Doing a course can help you update your skills. I ll suggest going for manual testing course which is covering software testing details with practical information to test the application and basics of automation. This will help you to prepare for manual testing interviews and also you will have good understanding of automation testing.

You can have some basic checks about the reputation of institutes before joining any. Check out this post before joining any software testing institute.

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I have been working in a BPO industry for last 7yrs. Now I want to pursue a career in software testing. I am 35 years old. Will I be able to shift to this field at this age? Will my age is going to be constraint if I want to pursue my career in software testing? I completed MCA 10 years ago however I could not make a career in IT for some reason.

You have long break in your career. You need to show that you still have all those skills required for software testing. For this any professional software testing course will help you update your skills.

Getting into software testing (or any other field) is not impossible as long as you possess interest in that field. So if you want to be in this field you need to

Learn software testing (clear understanding of concepts and practical knowledge)

Have reason why you want to switch to testing field